Like You Mean It

First Date

I'm woken up the next morning by the smell of coffee. I look around my room confused as to who may be here making coffee. I try to think back to last night, knowing I may have ended up drinking a little more than I planned. Thankfully I wasn't hungover, but I was definitely confused.

I slowly get up from bed stretching my muscles before putting some pants on under the oversized shirt I use to sleep. I head out of my room to be met by the voices of my friends coming from my kitchen.

Confused, I walk into the kitchen to find them all in their pajamas and cups of coffee in their hands. "What are you guys doing here? Not that I mind, I'm just confused."

Riley laughs at my confusion. "I can't believe you don't remember!"

Mel joins in the laughter. "You asked us to stay here last night!"

"You were freaking out about your date today with Chris, so you asked us to stay and help you get ready." I look at Mandy slowly nodding my head.

Riley hands me a cup of coffee with a smirk on her face. "Although, I feel like it should've been Chris who stayed here last night, not us."

She wiggles her eyebrows at me causing me to choke on my coffee, making all 3 women in front of me giggle. As my coughs and their laughter subside I take a deep breath to calm my nerves.

"I told all of you, the only people I was going home with were you!" We all chuckle before continuing to drink our coffee.

"Okay, well, we ordered some breakfast bagels from the shop down the road, and we are planning to stay here to help you as late as we can before he gets here." I nod appreciatively at Mel.

"Do you know what you are doing yet?" I shake my head at Riley's question.

"No, he hasn't text me yet." As soon as I finish saying that my phone pings with a notification.

I pick it up, now smiling at the name on the screen. Chris.

Chris

Good morning beautiful, how are you feeling?

Me

Hey! I'm good, just have a little headache. How are you feeling?

Chris

Excited for our date tonight

Me

Ha, you're good... Speaking of, what are we doing?

Chris

It's a surprise

Me

Okay... then how should I dress? You're being vague...

Chris

Dress casual. I can't wait to see you tonight...

Me

Sounds good! I can't wait to see you too

I show the girls our text exchange and they get up and head straight to my room to raid my closet. I laugh at their enthusiasm as a way to hide my nervousness. It's incredibly obvious I'm attracted to Chris. He's sweet, caring, and incredibly good looking, but I don't want to be hurt again.

I moved here for a fresh start and I don't want anything derailing that. I've made really good friends here, and I don't really want to move again.

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